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headword::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | head word |
| Type of | content word, open-class word |
headword::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | word |
Examples of headword
headword
The headword is used to locate the entry, and dictates its alphabetical position.
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Some dictionaries indicate hyphenation and syllabic stress in the headword.
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An entry word is the headword in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or glossary.
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In lexicography, this unit is usually also the citation form or headword by which it is indexed.
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Its headword variant spellings order list influences written English in English-speaking countries.
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One of the most general words is chosen to typify the spectrum as its headword, which labels the whole group.
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These values are as claimed by the dictionary makers, and may not be using exactly the same definition of a headword.
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In many languages, words can appear in many different forms, but only the undeclined or unconjugated form appears as the headword in most dictionaries.
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The headword of each entry was no longer capitalized, allowing the user to readily see those words that actually require a capital letter.
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- A content word that can be qualified by a modifier
- A word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
- A headword, head word, lemma, or sometimes catchword is the word under which a set of related dictionary or encyclopaedia entries appear. The headword is used to locate the entry, and dictates its alphabetical position. ...
- A word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus; any word which may be modified by an adjunct
- A word or phrase appearing as the heading of a chapter, section, or reference entry, as used in codex volumes for place location before pagination; also known as "guide word" or catchword. ...
- Confines your search to the main titles of entries.
- One of the list of words in a dictionary, that is followed by an explanation of what it means
- The Wagiman word. In speech, Wagiman words are found in a number of different forms according to what role they are playing in the sentence. (See the section on Wagiman grammar for more information.) In the dictionary, only one form is shown. Nominals are shown in the absolutive case. ...
- The Chinese characters for the current dictionary entry. By default, the version in the current character set (Simplified or Traditional) will be shown first, with the other character set version in brackets after it (and any characters that the two versions have in common replaced with - dashes ...
